Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2020 23:42:19 +0700 From: Victor Sudakov <vas@sibptus.ru> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Centralized user/group/whatever management Message-ID: <20200315164219.GC74628@admin.sibptus.ru> In-Reply-To: <84ee1925-e5f2-2048-7a65-1ac3b41d7d4e@dewberryfields.co.uk> References: <20200313091923.GA98495@admin.sibptus.ru> <20200313143130.GA68871@geeks.org> <96ed1afa-e0e1-51a2-997b-e95097a1d0b4@gmx.net> <20200314060747.GH27346@admin.sibptus.ru> <fc467be1-6a08-9492-7b07-1ee05dc068ed@dewberryfields.co.uk> <20200315061714.GC64075@admin.sibptus.ru> <84ee1925-e5f2-2048-7a65-1ac3b41d7d4e@dewberryfields.co.uk>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Michael Howard via freebsd-questions wrote: > On 15/03/2020 06:17, Victor Sudakov wrote: > > Michael Howard via freebsd-questions wrote: > > > > > > > Do you think there exists a modern solution for centralized user/group/... > > > > > > > management compatible with FreeBSD and Linux? > > > > > > I think the best combination is probably a Windows AD setup, with > > > > > > FreeBSD/Linux clients attaching to it. (Although I still do external DNS > > > > > > importing the AD objects into it, really can't stand windows DNS). > > > > > > > > > > > > This does work really seamless, the GUI tools are well utilized. > > > > > > > > > > > > It really gets you the hard part (LDAP, Kerberos) in a pretty easy to > > > > > > use package. I don't know how many hours I've spent on OpenLDAP > > > > > > getting it to work with things, and management packages for OpenLDAP > > > > > > are pretty sucky overall. > > > > > I agree here with Doug, as strange as it sounds, Samba is your best bet. > > > > > When you provision your domain you shall enable the POSIX extensions. It > > > > > will create all GECOS stuff. pam_winbind is also nice. > > > > So pam_winbind it is, if you want to use AD for user/group management? > > > > Does winbindd not crash any more under FreeBSD? > > > > > > > > Do you need to also enable winbind somehow in nsswitch.conf? > > > > > > > > > One must simply admit that Active Directory is a wellthought system not > > > > > just for Unix. You may join your machines either with Samba, more easily > > > > > with msktutil (disclainer, I am a maintainer) with works flawlessly on > > > > > FreeBSD. > > > > I'll certainly look at it if I have to integrate FreeBSD into Windows AD. > > > > > > > > However first I'd like to find a free, open source solution for a > > > > Unix-only office. Hope it will not eventually come to buying a Windows > > > > server to manage Linux and FreeBSD workstations. > > > > > > > Samba is free and open source. Absolutely no need to buy MS Windows. > > What do you mean by "Samba" in this context? A centralized user/group > > management server? A centralized user/group management client? > > > Both of course. One without the other is not much use in your context. What nss module on the client side? -- Victor Sudakov, VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN 2:5005/49@fidonet http://vas.tomsk.ru/ [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJeblrrAAoJEA2k8lmbXsY0CpYIAKn1MP8OEj3UCq29porbHPEt RFD4Slfuf+L098R9zIR3koX6OnueitnjhqUY7OwR31nwhvfZrihlDxsr8I0df8XL xiSA02cBR2LAtntSUaaMjal4ROcuH3+zB/0cpclMdY3R0UL8J8MPC5m/ZAwGRGqS Zqc8fA49y23WwWIPfCAWa46oUdv+55ZecjH+iFW8auuCBGgTKgJc185j2JP9sA89 K7y4GuikJix5/gq6fnaVdASj1hghIYokvi4Q6oR7RiyADcwshscyjN2n+i7jTJgK GYtSR9h2aLC0GEtLdcSrGWiGfzFFMNxXwjOdshM993vSvPaRJNqMmYmDPZicOAo= =xRbq -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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